"Forty four years after Labour’s Equal Pay Act 1970, sadly women earn on average 81p for every £1 that men earn. Tomorrow, my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) has a Bill providing for transparency in larger companies. Will the Government support it?..." Lord Hanson of Flint - View Speech
"For over a year, I have written and tabled parliamentary questions asking for a review of the scheme. On 14 January, the Secretary of State met RBS. On 15 January, RBS announced a review of its scheme. Given that it controls about 40% of the enterprise finance guarantee scheme, that …..." Lord Hanson of Flint - View Speech
"When do the Government expect to produce the report on asbestos in schools, which was completed in June 2014 but has not yet been published?..." Lord Hanson of Flint - View Speech
"7. What recent assessment he has made of the number of complaints and the level of consumer detriment relating to estate agents’ practices in England and Wales...." Lord Hanson of Flint - View Speech
"There is growing concern about the process of sale by tender, which has the potential to push up costs for both vendor and purchaser. Does the Minister share that concern?..." Lord Hanson of Flint - View Speech
"Less than seven days ago, the Secretary of State said to a small business forum in Bath that solar energy
“had a part to play in powering the nation”.
Will he tell me whether Government is actually joined up, given that small businesses in my constituency are complaining to me …..." Lord Hanson of Flint - View Speech
"Is the Minister aware that some people who attend college in Chester do get EMA? Those of my constituents who are from Wales get it, because the Labour Government in Wales provide it to all pupils. Will he accept that that EMA provision means that people stay on at school …..." Lord Hanson of Flint - View Speech
"What discussions has the Secretary of State had with his Government colleagues about the impact of energy prices on small businesses? Does he support the Prime Minister’s call for a cut in green taxes? Does he support the call by my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Edward …..." Lord Hanson of Flint - View Speech
"Given that Members in another place—not just Labour peers, but a former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer and former Cabinet Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries—have this week rejected the Government’s shabby proposals on cash for workers’ rights, is it not right that the Government now reconsider their shabby proposal?..." Lord Hanson of Flint - View Speech